Official Fantasyland Expansion Q & A (Mickey gets evicted) PART II

[mesaboy2]

Barnstormer FP? That's new, right? Anyone know when this will start?

That's new.

 

[chicagoshannon]

Ariel will be meeting near the front of the attraction. I would assume her M&G will go into soft opening the same time as the Scuttle's Hunt and Journey.

What is Scuttles Hunt and Journey?

 

[GenevieveRaqs]

What is Scuttles Hunt and Journey?

Journey is Journey of the Little Mermaid--the LM-themed dark ride. But I'm wondering about Scuttle's Hunt myself!

 

[Dan Murphy]

What is Scuttles Hunt and Journey?

Journey is Journey of the Little Mermaid--the LM-themed dark ride. But I'm wondering about Scuttle's Hunt myself!

http://www.wdwmagic.com/attractions...t---coming-to-the-new-fantasyland-in-2012.htm

 

[GenevieveRaqs]

http://www.wdwmagic.com/attractions...t---coming-to-the-new-fantasyland-in-2012.htm

Interesting. So it sounds like the scavenger hunt is the "interactive" part of the LM queue. That could be fun.

 

[darkwingeeyore]

Big Top Souvenirs in the Disney Blog. Cool Pictures. It states it's going to open on Sunday. Looks awesome.

http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/bl...irs-in-new-fantasyland-at-magic-kingdom-park/

 

[dawnmichele]

Does anyone think that might be an animatronic Scuttle, like Lumiere at Maurice's or even Mr Potato Head at Buzz Lightyear? Or am I in my own little fantasyland?

 

[Dan Murphy]

And yet many more pictures of the Circus area......

http://www.wdwmagic.com/attractions...s-distribution-area-and-food-and-beverage.htm

Plus....D Zones......

http://www.wdwmagic.com/attractions...2012-new-fantasyland-to-feature-'d-zones'.htm

 

[Dan Murphy]

And many more today.....

Great aerial views..........

http://www.wdwmagic.com/attractions...iews-of-the-near-complete-new-fantasyland.htm

And Beast's castle...

http://www.wdwmagic.com/attractions...d-around-the-near-complete-beast's-castle.htm

ETA...Once you have clicked on the thumbnails to enlarge, you can further enlarge a lot with an additional click on the now enlarged photo.

Also, in first photo (especially if you double enlarge) it is amazing to see how tiny Beast's castle actually is, sitting on top of what I presume to be the M/G building or restaurant building, but with the forced perspective, making it look huge. And with the last photo (again, with the double enlargement) a super overview of the transformation where the old Skyway was located.

 

[Dan Murphy]

Big Top Souvenirs now open...


http://www.wdwmagic.com/attractions...uvenirs-from-this-morning's-grand-opening.htm

Storybook Circus park area.....

http://www.wdwmagic.com/attractions...park-area,-fastpass-distribution-and-food.htm

New Storybook Circus Fastpass area........

http://www.wdwmagic.com/attractions...---a-look-at-fastpass-in-storybook-circus.htm

 

[Berlioz70]

Big Top is open - I've updated the first post.

Here are just a couple photos I took this afternoon:

A circle carpet circuled the outside of the tent with a fun design on the inside, we're thinking it's a giant trampoline design

The Merchandise checkout points were designed like animal circus train cars, we saw Hippos, Giraffes, Camels, and Monkeys

This Cast Member is pin trading out of a cute popcorn box

Inside the tent

The mystery tent (originally thought to serve food), is finally open...

It houses FPs for Dumbo & Barnstormer, and has a shady place to sit

 

[rachel09985]

This area is so rich with detail!! I have to admit I wasn't all for a circus themed area but now I love it and can't wait to see it in November! I am so happy this is opening before my trip!

the pin trading with the popcorn thing is soo cute!

 

[karly05]

Great pictures, all!

On the signage for Pete's Silly Sideshow, it looks like there are separate lines for Minnie/Daisy and for Goofy/Donald. Does it say "Minnie AND Daisy" / "Goofy AND Donald" or is the word OR? In other words is it going to be luck of the draw which one(s) you meet, or will you see both characters for the line you get in?

 

[Berlioz70]

It's an "AND," so you'll get to see 2, depending on which line you get into!

 

[Berlioz70]

Big Top Souvenirs now open...

Thanks Dan for sharing the links!

I've done an overhaul to the links in the first post.

 

[karly05]

It's an "AND," so you'll get to see 2, depending on which line you get into!

Great! Thank you!

 

[crazycatlady]

I saw on Kenny the Pirate's blog that CM previews for new Fantasyland are Oct. 22nd to Nov. 2nd. Do they ever let the general public in for soft openings during the same time period as the CM previews? That is the exact time period we are at DW.

 

[grimley1968]

Big Top Souvenirs now open...


http://www.wdwmagic.com/attractions...uvenirs-from-this-morning's-grand-opening.htm

Storybook Circus park area.....

http://www.wdwmagic.com/attractions...park-area,-fastpass-distribution-and-food.htm

New Storybook Circus Fastpass area........

http://www.wdwmagic.com/attractions...---a-look-at-fastpass-in-storybook-circus.htm

Thanks for those links. Awesome photos.

Three observations:

1) The detail work is amazing. Like another poster, I wasn't all that thrilled with the idea of a circus-themed area within Fantasyland, but that looks really nice.

2) What Fantasyland has needed for the longest time is something to absorb people and keep those main walkways clear. It's been a bottleneck back there since the 70's. They've really addressed that problem with this expansion, and judging by the aerial photos, it's less than half open so far. I'll know for sure when we go next week, but it looks like merely getting through Fantasyland will probably be a lot more pleasant experience crowd-wise. Yes, it will draw more people back there, but with all the extra seating, walkways, shopping, etc. those people have places to go now rather than be crammed onto too-narrow walkways. I think the Under the Sea ride will help even more in this regard.

3) I can't remember if most other FP distribution locations have that little sign noting the stand-by waits for their attractions, but that is extremely helpful if you see a short stand-by wait and want to save FP usage for something with a longer stand-by wait. I guess most other FP distribution locations might not need such a sign, since you could just look at the stand-by line from the FP location in most cases. But if it's not a simple thing to see the line, that's very helpful.

 

[karensi]

Thanks for those links. Awesome photos.

3) I can't remember if most other FP distribution locations have that little sign noting the stand-by waits for their attractions, but that is extremely helpful if you see a short stand-by wait and want to save FP usage for something with a longer stand-by wait. I guess most other FP distribution locations might not need such a sign, since you could just look at the stand-by line from the FP location in most cases. But if it's not a simple thing to see the line, that's very helpful.

Exactly what I thought when I saw the photo with the stand-by times. You could get FP for the attraction with the longer wait and meanwhile ride the other.


Karen

 

[osugal]

I haven't read through this entire thread so sorry in advance if this has been discussed several times. I can't believe they're already working on the 7 Dwarfs Train Ride and it's still going to be 2014 before it opens. Are they overshooting on purpose or do most think it really will be 2014? Wishful thinking....I'm going in September 2013.